Heritage Action released the following statement from CEO Michael A. Needham: “Some in Congress are pursuing a phony, short-term savings gimmick to offset the cost of the doc fix.  Americans want Washington to reject political expediency and instead focus on real spending cuts and real reforms.  Anything less will be met with vigorous opposition.” A [...]

As the year draws to a close, everyone is trying to spin the media – mainstream, establishment, conservative, etc – in search of a narrative that frames their 2011 “accomplishments” in a favorable light. The Weekly Standard’s Fred Barnes is out with his take: The Agony of Victory: It’s the age of anxiety for Republicans. [...]

Ramesh Ponnuru, one of the more respected pundits of the establishment right, recently penned a widely-circulated article that took issue with the notion that Republicans lost their way during the Bush years to their political detriment. He argued that conservatives have created a false narrative, based on a bad reading of history, that “ideological purity, [...]

According to a new CNN poll, 59% of Americans believe President Obama’s policies will fail.  The pessimism in the President’s big-government solutions is well founded, and the American people can see the failures stemming from the so-called stimulus, Obamacare, overregulation and massive uncertainty. It comes as a bit of a surprise, then, that Democratic National [...]

The House is set to vote on a funding bill this week, probably tomorrow or Thursday. H.J.Res.79, the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, would fund the government through November 18, 2011 at an annual level of $24 billion above the House-passed Ryan budget. Time for conservatives to take action by emailing their Members of Congress.